Seeing this scene before us, we were all utterly astonished!

Originally, we thought this was a naturally formed cave, inhabited by nothing more than some unintelligent aquatic creatures. But the discovery before our eyes clearly overturned that assumption.

If only unintelligent aquatic creatures lived here, where did these furniture and decorations come from?

Evidently, the creatures living here—whether fish or reptilian monsters—were clearly intelligent.

They not only knew that the Ayutthaya cargo ship was full of treasures, but also knew how to decorate their dwelling, furnishing it like a living room.

Such intelligence was probably akin to that of humans.

At this moment, I once again recalled the green eyes I had seen in the cabin earlier, and the monster that attacked Ma Hailong.

So, the things living here were those black-scaled monsters, and they had evolved intelligence similar to that of humans.

Thinking of this, Mei Shu, Yu Xiaobo, and I exchanged glances, seeing the shock and fear on each other's faces.

Yu Xiaobo couldn't wait to continue exploring the space before him, using his crowbar to search everywhere, especially for the source of that green light. Soon, he found the light source deep within the cave.

Hanging on the cave walls were several things resembling light bulbs—spherical objects emitting a dazzling green light, looking extremely brilliant.

As soon as Yu Xiaobo saw those things, he became excited. He rushed over, snatched a glowing sphere from the wall, and examined it carefully.

I couldn't help but move closer to take a look, and then I gasped!

The glittering sphere in his hand was actually a night-luminescent pearl the size of a chicken egg!

Although I don't know much about this kind of treasure, I've seen all kinds of TV dramas since I was a child. Night-luminescent pearls often appear in historical dramas. They were rare treasures in the imperial palaces of feudal societies!

The most famous night-luminescent pearl was undoubtedly the one held in the mouth of Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty after her death. It is said that this night-luminescent pearl was worth 10.8 million taels of silver in 1908!

What is the concept of 10.8 million taels of silver? Converted to today, it is worth more than 1 billion!

Yu Xiaobo obviously knew the value of this night-luminescent pearl better than I did. He held the night-luminescent pearl in his hand and kept shaking it at us. Although he didn't say anything, I could understand what he meant.

His meaning was that with this treasure, all the antiques we had touched before, such as armor, Buddha statues, crowns, scepters, etc., were worthless.

This was the real treasure, and the most valuable treasure we had obtained on this trip to the sea.

Ma Hailong, who was on the side, was envious, and took the initiative to walk to the wall and took off a shining pearl from the wall. His piece was not small either, about the same size as Yu Xiaobo's, and it also shone with a bright green light, which was very eye-catching.

Mei Shu and I were afraid of falling behind, so we also went to the wall to search, and saw that there were at least five or six night-luminescent pearls left on the wall, and the color and size were all top-notch.

Mei Shu and I couldn't wait to put a few night-luminescent pearls into our pockets, and smiles appeared on our faces involuntarily. At the same time, I was wondering in my heart, where did these night-luminescent pearls come from? Did the monster that attacked Ma Hailong find them?

Are they aquatic creatures living in the sea?

Or the mermen in myths and legends? Or mermaids?

In the blink of an eye, we had scraped all the night-luminescent pearls off the cave walls. As a result, the brightness in the cave also decreased, leaving only the light from the headlamps.

Just as the light became dim, a strange sound suddenly sounded again in the depths of the cave. The sound sounded rustling, like something stirring the water.

I saw that Ma Hailong and Yu Xiaobo were all immersed in appreciating the night-luminescent pearls, and no one noticed the strangeness. I quickly gestured to them, telling them to be careful of the depths of the cave.

As a result, at this moment, a white shadow suddenly窜 came out of the cave. I was startled and quickly划水 dodged to the side, but Yu Xiaobo and Ma Hailong were unable to dodge and were hit by the white shadow.

The two were hit and lost their balance, spinning around in the underwater space.

I quickly turned my head to look, and saw that the white shadow that suddenly drilled out was actually a big strange fish more than two meters long!

That thing should be a kind of shark, but it's not the great white shark that is often shown in movies. There are many kinds of sharks in the sea, and I can't name its specific classification for a while, so I can only call it a shark in general.

I can only say that this shark is very aggressive. Its eyes were staring at us slyly, and its bloody mouth was spitting out bubbles. If one strike failed, it would pounce on us again.

Ma Hailong was closest to it, so he became its target first. The big shark opened its mouth and bit towards Ma Hailong.

Ma Hailong reacted quickly,撑住 using his crowbar to prop up the shark's big mouth, and then quickly backed away.

When Yu Xiaobo saw this, he picked up the潜水刃 diving knife in his hand and砍 slashed at the big fish.

Mei Shu and I did not怠慢 slack either, and went to support together. I drew out the潜水刃 diving knife in my hand and went to戳 poke the back of the big fish, but the skin of the big shark was particularly slippery, and it seemed to be covered with a layer of mucus. When I poked it with this knife, it just slipped from the skin to the side, without hurting it at all.

Mei Shu was more experienced in dealing with this kind of fish. I saw that he did not use the潜水刃 diving knife, but used a crowbar. He held the crowbar and猛地 stabbed it into the position of the fish gills, directly戳 putting the crowbar into the gills.

This immediately made the big shark feel pain, and its whole body twisted violently.

In this way, Ma Hailong had a chance, and quickly retreated and抽身 withdrew.

Yu Xiaobo helped out next to him,挥 waving the潜水刃 diving knife and砍 slashing the fish's head twice.

I became smarter this time, and also used the潜水刃 diving knife to捅 stab the position of the fish gills. A few of us joined forces to attack and kill the big fish, and before long, the shark was beaten to a bloody pulp by us.

Blood flowed from the fish gills and the head,染红 dyeing the water area in front of us red. The big fish挣扎 struggled and tried to escape, but it was still围剿 besieged by us.

After a lot of折腾 tossing, everyone was精疲力竭 exhausted. Finally, the shark slowly stopped扭动 writhing, and we also放下 put down the家伙 guys in our hands,大口 sucking oxygen in big gulps, and only觉得 felt that our whole body was汗水打湿 soaked with sweat.